Homecoming

I can explain *final part*

Harry's P.O.V

*flashback*

(One month later)

I awake on the floor of Cara's friend's apartment. I sit up slowly, back aching from the obviously uncomfortable position I had taken up for the night. I looked around to see several others sprawled out around the room. My mind floods with memories of the previous night. Heavy drinking, weed, and some random pills Cara's friend had bought. Crap, Cara. I look around frantically for my girlfriend. When I don't spot her in the room I get up to search the apartment. I find her in the bathroom laying in the tub. I kneel down next to the sleeping girl.

"Babe." I whisper in her ear. She stirs but then stills once again. "Cara, baby, wake up." I try again. Still nothing. I slump back against the wall across from the tub and run my hands through my hair. This is how most of my days have been since that day Cara and I tried shrooms. After we had both returned to reality she had been so excited that she wanted to do it again. We ate more during the next few days, enjoying our escape from reality together. Shrooms led to other things and we just started getting accustomed to our little escapes.

My friends don't really know what it is that Cara and I have been indulging in but I'm sure if they did, they would be furious. My mum has been noticing that I'd rather spend time with Cara than with the lads but it seems that she's decided it's just because she's my girlfriend now. If she knew, I know she would lock me in my room for the rest of my life. I have even become worried about what I'm doing to myself but every time I try and talk to Cara about it she just says that I need to relax and then we end up trying some new "relaxer" as she calls them.

I am taken out of my thoughts when I feel my phone buzz in my pocket. I answer it without looking at the caller ID. "Hello" I greet, my voice still raspy from sleep.

"Oi! did you just wake up mate? It's nearly 3." Niall says through the phone. I raise an eyebrow and check the time on my phone and sure enough he's right. I hadn't realized it was that late in the day.

"Wow. Yea I uh, I got home pretty late from Cara's. What's up Niall?" I lie.

"The lads and I are going to a party tonight and wanted to know if you and Cara would like to come?" He asks.

I look at my still passed out girlfriend and wonder if it's such a good idea. Then again if we don't go we'll just be stuck here repeating the cycle from last night. "Yea mate, sounds good." I reply.

"Great! See you tonight. I'll text you the info." He says excitedly and then hangs up.

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Cara and I arrive at the party and walk straight to the kitchen for drinks.

"I'll make us our drinks babe." Cara offer with a smile on her face. I smile back and plant a firm kiss on her mouth. She smiles and walks away.

"HEY MATE!" I hear Louis yell. I turn to greet my best mate. I feel like I haven't seen him in forever even though we go to the same school. He jumps into my arms and I catch him and laugh at his crazy antics.

"Hey Lou!" Just then the rest of the lads come into view. Liam is holding hands with his new bird Danielle and Zayn is walking fairly close to a purple hair girl who I haven't met. "Hey lads. Danielle. And who's this Zayn?" I greet the rest.

Zayn smiles and puts his arm around the girl's shoulder. "This, is Perrie. Perrie, this is Harry." She smiled and waved to me.

Seconds later Cara approaches us. "PERRIE!" She yells causing the lads and I to jump.

Perrie squeals and jumps into Cara's arms. "Hey!"

"You two know each other?" I asked them. They nod simultaneously and Cara explains that they go to school together. What a small world eh?